Since everyone's already mentioned Rich Hickey's talks, I loved Bjarne Stroustrup's talk on C++11 style: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative

Since everyone's already mentioned Rich Hickey's talks, I loved Bjarne Stroustrup's talk on C++11 style: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012/Keynote-Bjarne-Stroustrup-Cpp11-Style http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/GoingNative/GoingNative-2012... . He provides a crystal clear view of what he thinks C++ could do better and what steps are being taken to move in that direction. Also, I think he has a cool accent.